| Curriculum: Third Grade |
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Self Contained Classroom
(***Grading for social studies and science will be credit/non-credit for the first semester of the school year. During the second semester, we will be using the normal letter grading scale.) Language Arts: Our reading series is from McGraw-Hill. What makes this series different is the integration of reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary skills all taught from the same book. The emphasis in this series is on the literature. Students will be exposed to "real world" quality literature (not just stories written specifically for a textbook) that will build on their interests and experiences. Our goal is to create life-long readers. Because of the switch in emphasis, we ask that each child have a book of his/her choice with them at school. These books may be from home, the library, or their individual classrooms. Spelling words each week will come from various sources: language arts, science, social studies, religion, math or other current topics. We will follow the same basic schedule each week for spelling. Monday: Students will write each word three times and participate in activities to develop mastery of their spelling and vocabulary. Tuesday: Students will practice Spelling words with games at school. Wednesday: Students will take a practice test. (Those scoring 100% will not take the final test on Friday.) Thursday: Students will have a variety of experiences to practice new words. Friday: Students will take the final test.
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